Daily Tech News 25 June 2025

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You don't need an author's permission to read their books. (Tech Crunch)

If they publish it, you can buy a copy and read it, according to a federal judge for the Northern District of California.

Groundbreaking? Not for people, no, but it may signal a seismic shift for all the content creators throwing lawsuits at AI companies, because this was one of those cases.

There is still an issue that Anthropic did not buy all the books it used to train its AI, at least, not at first. The damages for that will be the subject of a separate trial.

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Intel may be going X3D with next year's Nova Lake CPUs. (Notebook Check)

At least, with some specific models. Not with the high-end (and high-power) 50 and 52 core models (!) but Intel is planning to add a large game-friendly L3 or L4 cache into the mid-range 18 and 28 core models.

(Which used to be a lot. I bought a 12-core CPU just recently.)
Is the Intel N355 a worthwhile update over the two year old core N305? No. (Serve the Home)

It's about 1% faster. If you're looking at embedded devices (where these CPUs are popular) just go for the cheaper option.
Nvidia has announced the low-end RTX 5050. (Tom's Hardware)

2560 cores, 8GB of RAM, $249.

Not sure how much demand there is for it. I guess if you just want a current-generation Nvidia card for compatibility, it is that.
You can speed up Intel integrated graphics under Linux by 20% by turning off security fixes. (Phoronix)

I'm not sure this is a good idea.
On X11 and the Fascists Maggots. (Gnome) (archive site)

It used to be that you just had to check in on that one guy writing his own operating system in his own programming language every few months to see the intersection of mental illness and operating systems.

Now it's mainstream.

Gnome did take the post down in the past few hours, at least, hence the archive link.
The Unihertz Titan 2 is a modern Blackberry. (Liliputing)

4.5" square screen, physical keyboard, 12GB of RAM, 512GB storage, 50MP main camera, 32MP front camera, running Android 15.

This actually looks pretty good. $269 for a pre-order, $399 if and when it reaches retail.
Patent infringement damages awarded against Western Digital in a lawsuit brought by SPEX - whoever they are - have been reduced from $533 million down to $1 because SPEX could not provide a consistent theory of how, and how much, it was damaged. (The Register)

I expect some attorneys working on contingency are cancelling plans right now.

Musical Interlude

Song is Stacey's Mom by Fountains of Wayne. Anime is Jungle wa Itsumo Hale nochi Guu.

Guu - the little pink-haired girl - is Cthulhu. Because of course she is.

Disclaimer: In the future we will all be Cthulhu for fifteen minutes.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:32 AM (CQE5S)

2 Disclaimer: In the future we will all be Cthulhu for fifteen minutes.

And we'll have to learn how to pronounce it?

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:35 AM (CQE5S)

3 Microsoft blinks: Windows 10 extended security updates made available for a year, starting 10/2025, without having to spend $30.00. Terms, conditions, and hoops are involved though.

https://is.gd/uNJjvV

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 25, 2025 04:39 AM (NXz8h)

4 BOING!

Willowed:

Good grief! Work towards the positives, enjoy the
Good things in your life and if you're a person of positive pray.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 04:09 AM (2GCMq)
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Never stop being a realist.

I know that doesn't help because optimists and pessimists often think they're realists.

It ain't easy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 25, 2025 04:40 AM (NC42u)

5 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 25, 2025 04:41 AM (sAmhv)

6 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2025 04:42 AM (IwLO4)

7 Never stop being a realist.

I know that doesn't help because optimists and pessimists often think they're realists.

It ain't easy.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 25, 2025 04:40 AM (NC42u)

There's an old Andy Capp cartoon where Andy's mate Chalkie says, "I believe we live in the best of all possible worlds. That's why I'm an optimist," to which Andy replies, "Well, I believe we live in the best of all possible worlds - that's why I'm a pessimist!"

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 25, 2025 04:43 AM (Dg2sF)

8 Disclaimer: In the future we will all be Cthulhu for fifteen minutes.
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So, Davy Jones.

Not of the Monkees.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 25, 2025 04:44 AM (NC42u)

9 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 25

There is nothing incompatible with being a realist and also appreciating the positives and as a person faith to thank God for blessings in life.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 04:44 AM (2GCMq)

10 The WD article is a prime example of how shoddy and superficial most "reporting" is and has been for decades. Several times the author mentions how SPEX's damages expert was disqualified and yet not a single summary sentence explaining the basis for that disqualification. The lack of having the expert clearly was the linchpin to SPEX's case and obviously the cause of the reversal on review. And not one mention? Why not?

Posted by: Bill Duck at June 25, 2025 04:44 AM (AN+ve)

11
Good morning, good citizens, from the Adirondacks.

May great benefit flow from all effort put forth by you and may egregious heartburn subsume the leftwit contingent in it's entirety.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at June 25, 2025 04:44 AM (hKoQL)

12 Saw a blurb on Fb that said multiple reports are claiming that the Ayatollah is dead. And they were trying to verify.

Sadly, that was the ONLY blurb I saw.

Definitely 48 to 72 hour rule.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2025 04:45 AM (IwLO4)

13 https://is.gd/uNJjvV

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 25, 2025 04:39 AM (NXz8h)
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Link not secure.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 25, 2025 04:45 AM (NC42u)

14 76 degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with highs once again in the 90s predicted. It is supposed to be much cooler for the rest of the week, but that doesn't help today, especially as I've got about four hours' work right now.

Just glanced through some posts from yesterday. Wish I were back in bed, dreaming of 1910.

Might be back, who knows?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 25, 2025 04:46 AM (Dg2sF)

15 >> On X11 and the Fascists Maggots. (Gnome)

He seems nice.

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:46 AM (CQE5S)

16 Link not secure.
Posted by: Biden's Dog

??? Link goes to a ARS https blah, blah, blah.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 25, 2025 04:48 AM (NXz8h)

17 Microsoft blinks: Windows 10 extended security updates made available for a year, starting 10/2025, without having to spend $30.00. Terms, conditions, and hoops are involved though.

Microsoft: Recently we've noted that people aren't embracing the pile of shit we refer to as Windows 11. We've also noted that people aren't scrambling to pay us $30 for just one more year. In a magnanimous gesture on our part, we're prepared to waive the $30 fee and still provide you that one extra year of service and all that's required is creating a Microsoft account and using that to log into your computer so that we can track all your activities. Don't worry, though, we'd never give that data to the government, or lose it to hackers, or use it for nefarious purposes on our own... no sirree.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 25, 2025 04:48 AM (ExV1e)

18 7 There's an old Andy Capp cartoon where Andy's mate Chalkie says, "I believe we live in the best of all possible worlds. That's why I'm an optimist," to which Andy replies, "Well, I believe we live in the best of all possible worlds - that's why I'm a pessimist!"
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 25, 2025 04:43 AM (Dg2sF)

heh

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:49 AM (CQE5S)

19 Microsoft: Recently we've noted that people aren't embracing the pile of shit we refer to as Windows 11. We've also noted that people aren't scrambling to pay us $30 for just one more year. In a magnanimous gesture on our part, we're prepared to waive the $30 fee and still provide you that one extra year of service and all that's required is creating a Microsoft account and using that to log into your computer so that we can track all your activities. Don't worry, though, we'd never give that data to the government, or lose it to hackers, or use it for nefarious purposes on our own... no sirree.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Its an option. Not a command.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 25, 2025 04:50 AM (NXz8h)

20 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 25, 2025 04:46 AM (Dg2sF)

I thought going on some sort of writing retreat to a place without internet access and were looking forward to that? Hadn't happened yet?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 04:50 AM (2GCMq)

21 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 25, 2025 04:50 AM (lIgBp)

22 NYC primaries:

Damin Toell
@damintoell
6h
First, to be clear, the next Mayor of New York City will still be Eric Adams. That said, we could survive a Mamdani administration way better than we could survive dealing with Cuomo’s ego from winning the primary.

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S)

23 Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 25

There is nothing incompatible with being a realist and also appreciating the positives and as a person faith to thank God for blessings in life.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 04:44 AM (2GCMq)
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Then we agree.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 25, 2025 04:52 AM (NC42u)

24 Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:51 AM (CQE5S

The last bit is pretty funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 04:52 AM (2GCMq)

25 No space for fascists but plenty of space for communists.

The album was OK if you're into metal music, but the title was great (link goes to a YouTube playlist): https://tinyurl.com/c47zb3cd

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 25, 2025 04:52 AM (zSV6p)

26 moar NYC primaries:

LB
@beyondreasdoubt
4h
lol cool your jets only 430,000 people in a city of 8.25 million voted for him

@KathyHochul
4h
Today, voters made their voices heard, demanding a more affordable, more livable New York City. I hear them loud and clear. @ZohranKMamdani built a formidable grassroots coalition, and I look forward to speaking with him in the days ahead about his ideas on how to ensure a safe, affordable, and livable New York City.

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:54 AM (CQE5S)

27 ??? Link goes to a ARS https blah, blah, blah.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 25, 2025 04:48 AM (NXz8h)
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Certificate err at IS GD.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 25, 2025 04:55 AM (NC42u)

28 Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:54 AM (CQE5S

Thanks for bringing the dark humor about that entitled out of touch Governor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 04:56 AM (2GCMq)

29 @KathyHochul
4h
Today, voters made their voices heard, demanding a more affordable, more livable New York City. I hear them loud and clear. @ZohranKMamdani built a formidable grassroots coalition, and I look forward to speaking with him in the days ahead about his ideas on how to ensure a safe, affordable, and livable New York City.

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:54 AM (CQE5S)
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https://youtu.be/7FPELc1wEvk

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 25, 2025 04:56 AM (NC42u)

30 19 Microsoft: Recently we've noted that people aren't embracing the pile of shit we refer to as Windows 11.

How far along are they on windows12? This might be a delaying tactic to save customers for the next version.

Posted by: clarence at June 25, 2025 04:57 AM (rjoMn)

31 Good morning!

Some bug going around here
Day one, a few sneezes
Day two, flat on your back.
Day three, rapid recovery

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 25, 2025 04:58 AM (vvx7J)

32 Posted by: Just Wondering at June 25, 2025 04:50 AM (lIgBp)

That is so thoughtful of you to post this. I wonder how he's doing?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 04:59 AM (2GCMq)

33 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at June 25, 2025 05:04 AM (hoCmQ)

34 G'mornin all y'all.
On to my readings.
Take care, beware,

Posted by: OkJohn at June 25, 2025 05:06 AM (NC/it)

35 26 moar NYC primaries:

LB
@beyondreasdoubt
4h
lol cool your jets only 430,000 people in a city of 8.25 million voted for him

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 04:54 AM (CQE5S

----

Estimated at least 750,000 Muslims in new york city. What was that event in September that we would never forget?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 25, 2025 05:06 AM (vvx7J)

36 73 degrees, 95% humidity. SNAFU.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2025 05:08 AM (zSKXS)

37 "Today, voters made their voices heard, demanding a more affordable, more livable New York City"

I laughed. So all the other candidates running wanted a less affordable and less livable NY?
She wrote that herself or some other clueless
dolt did?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:09 AM (2GCMq)

38 Damin Toell
@damintoell
6h
First, to be clear, the next Mayor of New York City will still be Eric Adams. That said, we could survive a Mamdani administration way better than we could survive dealing with Cuomo’s ego from winning the primary.
Posted by: m

Goatfucker is a Defund the Blue proponent.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2025 05:09 AM (zSKXS)

39 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 25, 2025 05:11 AM (AN2gy)

40
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 25, 2025 05:13 AM (tljrc)

41 Credit where due A devotional on thanking God and based on Daniel 2:1-5, 13-19:

https://tinyurl.com/mpw2ep3s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:13 AM (2GCMq)

42 Kindly people of Tampa, Florida help a hard working ice cream vendor:

https://tinyurl.com/mr48s7sz

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:16 AM (2GCMq)

43 One guy's experience with Trump Mobile. You might want to hold off signing up.

https://youtu.be/KUtSo7dASg0

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 25, 2025 05:19 AM (NXz8h)

44 still moar NYC primaries:

AG retweeted
Kamel Amin Thaabet
@K_AminThaabet
8h
Mamdani is basically what would happen if you pulled some random kid out of the Columbia Hamas encampment and made them Mayor

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 05:19 AM (CQE5S)

45 London, Rotterdam, Dearborn, Hamtramck, and soon to include New York City.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 25, 2025 05:20 AM (vvx7J)

46 Socialism: even the Germans couldn't make it work.

Posted by: Take note, NYC at June 25, 2025 05:22 AM (lIgBp)

47 Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 25, 2025 05:20 AM (vvx7J

The General election is not until November. This may convince me to give money to a campaign in NYC against Mamdani

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:26 AM (2GCMq)

48 Its an option. Not a command.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 25, 2025 04:50 AM (NXz8h)

Signing up? Sure. I'm not going to use a microsoft account to log into MY pc though. They can go gently, and lovingly, fuck themselves.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 25, 2025 05:27 AM (ExV1e)

49 Reading is for fags.

When your shit's all fucked up

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 25, 2025 05:29 AM (ioEI6)

50 Zohran. I think that was the name of the fortune teller in the movie "Big."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 25, 2025 05:29 AM (lIgBp)

51 The "On X11 and the Fascists Maggots." link:

Wow. Just wow. I already didn't like the Gnome desktop for a multitude of technical and esthetic reasons, but now I have a whole new category, and I'm not even sure what to label it other than "Danger: Box contains rabid crazy weasels. Do not open!"

Oh, and G'morning Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 05:29 AM (O7YUW)

52 @49/Rev. Wishbone: But I can still have a pretty kick-ass life.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

53 How far along are they on windows12? This might be a delaying tactic to save customers for the next version.
Posted by: clarence at June 25, 2025 04:57 AM (rjoMn)

Are they still going to dictate how my desktop is configured? Are they still going to not allow me to disable copilot, or recall? Cuz all of that is a non-starter.

I'll run Win10 unsupported. If necessary, I'll switch to Linux.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 25, 2025 05:31 AM (ExV1e)

54 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 05:30 AM (O7YUW)

Yes you can!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:31 AM (2GCMq)

55 I am thankful that FenSpouse's end of the school year was yesterday and that we can take a walk and go look at some lovely flowers together

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:33 AM (2GCMq)

56 G'morning Fen!

2 more days to go (including today.) Yesterday was hotter than Monday was. Still couldn't believe how much energy the kids had in spite of the heat in the big tin box. I guess I did too at that age, but it's getting harder to remember.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 05:34 AM (O7YUW)

57 Son working outside yesterday in 100 degree heat has given me a new appreciation for people who work outside in weather extremes I am also thankful he got home safely from a hour long ride after all that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:35 AM (2GCMq)

58
New York City, F/A-18 Super Hornets:

- Buzz daily for the next 10 days.
- Announce that this will happen *twice* a day after the general election if less than 50% of eligible voters are found to have not voted.
- Duration formula: One day of double-buzzing for each percentage point of eligibles who failed to vote.

So, if 55% failed to vote, that's 55 days of being buzzed twice a day.

Ten days before the next election, commence daily buzzing again with a reminder about what happens when people fail to get off their asses and vote.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 25, 2025 05:36 AM (lCaJd)

59 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 05:34 AM (O7YUW)

When I said yesterday "End of work today" it was intended to be a question not a statement. I apologize. Stay hydrated and thanks for your service.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:39 AM (2GCMq)

60 55 I am thankful that FenSpouse's end of the school year was yesterday and that we can take a walk and go look at some lovely flowers together
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:33 AM (2GCMq)

So peaceful.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 25, 2025 05:41 AM (vvx7J)

61 Evening and morning, all,

I woke up only a few minutes earlier than I planned, so, win. Still tired for some reason, so, loss. On the whole? Still moving air in and out of lungs, so, *big* win.

The surgeon rescheduled my appt. yesterday, so I'm free until Monday afternoon. Miss Linda and I are going to the local library's Classic Movie Night this evening (John Wayne & Jean Arthur in a Western!), then I have Pipe Club tomorrow night. Not a bad week despite the relentless heat. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0)

62
I'll run Win10 unsupported. If necessary, I'll switch to Linux.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 25, 2025 05:31 AM

I'm still running Win7 on this box

you can go a while "unsuppported" before things stop working

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 25, 2025 05:41 AM (tljrc)

63 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 25, 2025 05:36 AM (lCaJd)

Please send your ideas to Curtis Sliwa or a more "normal" Democrat . You have good ideas.

And I have to say that "Osama Bin Lenin" was a clever name from Curtis Sliwa.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:41 AM (2GCMq)

64 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 05:41 AM (omVj0

Sounds like a nice day. Enjoy yourself.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:43 AM (2GCMq)

65 Zoltar

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 25, 2025 05:43 AM (ZmEVT)

66 Greetings and good morning one and all. Yesterday was my first PT session. After almost an hour of establishing my range of motion and doing some exercises, the doc came to the conclusion that the injury is more my hamstring than a ligament.

I know I'm going to actively dislike her with the follow up sessions. She said she would not take it personally.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 25, 2025 05:44 AM (BpO1e)

67 There's still a meme in there somewhere.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 25, 2025 05:45 AM (lIgBp)

68 Son working outside yesterday in 100 degree heat has given me a new appreciation for people who work outside in weather extremes I am also thankful he got home safely from a hour long ride after all that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025

***
Fen, I did that for a number of years. Not heavy labor, but driving an un-air-conditioned van and toting packages, some requiring a hand truck, into and out of offices. It wrung me out and cured me of any notion that summer is the good time of year. It will keep him in good shape, though, and allow him to snort at people in cooled offices who chortle about how much they "love summer."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 05:45 AM (omVj0)

69
You have good ideas.

And I have to say that "Osama Bin Lenin" was a clever name from Curtis Sliwa.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

===============

Oops, I meant to say if MORE than 50% are found to have not voted, but it looks like you got the idea. I live in California and my choices are beyond horrible because of our jungle primary system. For US Senator, I always write someone in. Sometimes a person who would make a good senator, sometimes Minnie Mouse.

Osama bin Lenin

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 25, 2025 05:48 AM (lCaJd)

70 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 05:45 AM (omVj0

He is getting in good shape . He's also on some diet where he only eats yougurt, greens and protein and fasts for about fourteen hours a day, but I will mention about snorting about people in air conditioned offices saying they love summer. That's funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 05:49 AM (2GCMq)

71 @59/FenelonSpoke:

No worries, and no apology necessary. Hydrated? Oh yeah, and I was making sure other drivers had water too and was sharing if they didn't. Dehydration is not something any of us want to play with, not in that heat.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 05:53 AM (O7YUW)

72 Heat Stroke is no bueno.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 25, 2025 05:54 AM (ZmEVT)

73 The Titan phone looks pretty good, especially the price. A real keyboard!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 25, 2025 05:54 AM (m5yAv)

74 He is getting in good shape . He's also on some diet where he only eats yougurt, greens and protein and fasts for about fourteen hours a day, but I will mention about snorting about people in air conditioned offices saying they love summer. That's funny.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025

***
Those people . . . If they worked (not played, as in gardening or tennis, but worked) outside for one day in hot weather, in the words of Stephen King, they "would sell their shriveled black raisin souls" to get back into the A/C.

Encourage him to eat some carbs or something for energy, too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 05:55 AM (omVj0)

75 @Wolfus: To answer your question yesterday: No there is no air conditioning in these busses. Northern climate, so cold is what we mostly contend with, thus we have the rear, midship, driver, and stairwell heater package.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

76 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 25, 2025 05:36 AM (lCaJd)

I'd gladly suffer a two-a-day buzz. I have an office space close to the one end of the primary runway at AFW. We routinely have F16s, 18s, 35s and even T38s leaving or landing. There's nothing like the sound of converting dinosaurs-to noise to keep you motivated.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 25, 2025 05:56 AM (3Ope8)

77 "This may convince me to give money to a campaign in NYC against Mamdani."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NZsCYOM4j0

Meh. New York is an acquired taste. My memory of it during the late 1970s as a cadet passing through was gigantic piles of shit on the sidewalk and other general decay.

I was there again in November 2001 and I didn't see gigantic piles of shit on the sidewalk. The only decay was the stuff that wasn't cleaned up after 9/11. It was a hell of a lot better place than the one I had seen ~20 years earlier even with the aftermath of 9/11 visible downtown.

IMO, while there's stuff to like in NYC there's a lot more to hate. I'm not a city guy and that colors my reaction.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 25, 2025 05:57 AM (IhQVt)

78 @Wolfus: To answer your question yesterday: No there is no air conditioning in these busses. Northern climate, so cold is what we mostly contend with, thus we have the rear, midship, driver, and stairwell heater package.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025

***
G & R, then you are dealing with what I faced in the un-cooled Ford vans for 7-8 hours a day. For eight and a half long years. Needless to say, I hated my work. The biggest favor they did me was to fire me (long story) in early 1987, a year or two before they went out of business.

Are your buses diesel-powered and with manual transmissions? I've never driven one and I never rode them as a kid, so I don't know.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 06:00 AM (omVj0)

79 IMO, while there's stuff to like in NYC there's a lot more to hate. I'm not a city guy and that colors my reaction.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 25, 2025

***
I'd read about NYC for many years. When I finally got to visit in Oct. '98, I liked it a lot, but found it, as I'd expected, far too crowded and expensive. People were helpful if it didn't cost them any money or much time. Now, though, when I read about Fifth Avenue or the Empire State Building or Midtown or Washington Square/Greenwich Village, I have actual mental pictures, instead of having to adapt what I know from Da Swamp here.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 06:03 AM (omVj0)

80 @78/Wolfus: The full sized school busses are diesel and have an automatic transmission. The smaller ones (ie, the short busses) are gasoline with automatic transmission.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 06:05 AM (O7YUW)

81 "Son working outside yesterday in 100 degree heat has given me a new appreciation for people who work outside in weather extremes I am also thankful he got home safely from a hour long ride after all that."

As my dad used to say "When it's too hot, I just want to lay down. When it's too cold, I hurt." I was in both conditions as a soldier a long time ago and I'd rather be too hot WITH WATER than too cold. (Although if the humidity is such that you cannot cool off via sweat, too hot will kill you as easily as too cold.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 25, 2025 06:05 AM (IhQVt)

82 Some anti-Trump Pentagon staffer leaked a classified DIA bomb damage assessment saying the bombing was ineffective, and Democrats are happily citing it. Iran seems to disagree, if their sudden willingness to negotiate is any indication.

What a twisted world Democrat politicians live in, hoping for American military failure to embarrass Trump.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 25, 2025 06:07 AM (0dpQU)

83 Oh, and Wolfus? I remember those years well, and work vans and trucks never had air conditioning because that was considered a passenger vehicle "luxury" and businesses weren't about to pay for any luxuries for the guys in the field.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 06:11 AM (O7YUW)

84 My motivation to go work out was just here. I saw it yesterday. Now where could it have gone?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 06:11 AM (omVj0)

85 I remember those years well, and work vans and trucks never had air conditioning because that was considered a passenger vehicle "luxury" and businesses weren't about to pay for any luxuries for the guys in the field.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025

***
Yes . . . and we at Purolator Courier would drag ourselves into an office and gasp, "Where's the package?" while looking like chain gang escapees in blue uniforms. When Federal Express started, they had A/C in the vans, and their couriers bounced into the customers' offices looking crisp and efficient. Guess who is still around?

UPS is and was another story. But they got paid a LOT better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 06:14 AM (omVj0)

86 I discovered in my workout yesterday that new exercises I added to improve balance go better if I take my shoes off. All that cushioning on the bottom of my sneakers makes standing on one foot harder.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 25, 2025 06:14 AM (ErAKr)

87 82 Some anti-Trump Pentagon staffer leaked a classified DIA bomb damage assessment saying the bombing was ineffective, and Democrats are happily citing it. Iran seems to disagree, if their sudden willingness to negotiate is any indication.

What a twisted world Democrat politicians live in, hoping for American military failure to embarrass Trump.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 25, 2025 06:07 AM (0dpQU)

Thanks. A googling for pentagon dia turns up news reports on this.

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 06:15 AM (CQE5S)

88 G'mornin' everyone!

Cthulhu? fascist maggots? I wanna go back to bed and sleep through whatever's about to happen

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 25, 2025 06:15 AM (Z5NUn)

89 If I skip walking today, I'll have to go both Thurs. and Friday -- and both mornings will be hotter than today. There's the motivation!!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 06:16 AM (omVj0)

90 ... a googling for pentagon dia report...

Posted by: m at June 25, 2025 06:16 AM (CQE5S)

91 "I'd read about NYC for many years. When I finally got to visit in Oct. '98, I liked it a lot, but found it, as I'd expected, far too crowded and expensive. People were helpful if it didn't cost them any money or much time."

Cool. There are a lot of folks living there; if what I thought about NYC was the absolute truth, there wouldn't be. Some people like cities and urban life; I'm not one of them.

I'm not surprised that people in a crowded environment are as helpful as they can reasonably be, especially to strangers who aren't local. Predators hang out where there's prey and cities (like water holes) concentrate prey. If everyone in NYC was a complete asshole, the place couldn't have grown as large as it has. If you're a tourist, you ain't been vetted and could be a predator.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 25, 2025 06:17 AM (IhQVt)

92 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 05:55 AM (omVj0

Thanks. He also has a banana and peanut butter chia seeds for breakfast and brings a little slab of chocolate for a snack.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 25, 2025 06:18 AM (2GCMq)

93 85 - LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 25, 2025 06:19 AM (Z5NUn)

94 Little slabs of MELTED chocolate.

Posted by: M&Ms at June 25, 2025 06:20 AM (lIgBp)

95 Little slabs of MELTED chocolate.
Posted by: M&Ms at June 25, 2025

***
"Melts in yore brain, man, not in yore hands!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 25, 2025 06:27 AM (omVj0)

96 @Wolfus: Purolator is still around. (I wonder if they're still doing the "no A/C" thing to their delivery drivers.)

Good observation on how the driver looks to the customer: I'm sure the "chain gang" look had a negative impact on customers' perceptions of Purolator, even if they didn't realize it consciously.

I always wondered about the name of that company, too. It's never a good idea to include the pronunciation of "later" in your name if you're a delivery service.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 06:27 AM (O7YUW)

97 Postmodern Jukebox did a faster version of "Stacy's Mom" that sounds very different than the Cars-like original

https://tinyurl.com/ysmmf9x4

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 25, 2025 06:30 AM (IZK9b)

98
What did it mean to "purolate" in the first place?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 06:31 AM (Tv15w)

99 Additional tech article, because why not?
https://tinyurl.com/8t8h4ejj

From "The Register":

Microsoft is about to retire default outbound access for VMs in Azure
'Things will break,' Aviatrix CPO tells El Reg

In other words:
"Why can't our millions of already deployed and functioning virtual machines (servers) connect to the outside world when they could yesterday!?"

Will Microsoft screw this up that badly? Yes. Yes they will.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 06:32 AM (O7YUW)

100 Good morning Horde , thx Pixy.
Posted this last night but between now and November, NYC is going to be crazy. The hardcore left is going full bire left , the mod Dems and Republicans are going to try and figure out a plan. If Mamdani wins in Nov his plans actually could be implemented because the NYC common council is even crazier left as a group than he is.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 25, 2025 06:32 AM (pwtJC)

101 T2 'blackberry' looks ok, but I'd really like to see some much wider phone options. I'm an averaged size guy and 4" width would be my minimum preferred width. Instead phones have gotten longer and end up with essentially useless extra screen.

Posted by: InspiredHistoryMike at June 25, 2025 06:33 AM (BNkfJ)

102 @98/Krebs v Carnot: "What did it mean to "purolate" in the first place?"

Around these parts, we used to joke that given the condition some packages arrived in, the company name was initially:
"Purée later".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 25, 2025 06:34 AM (O7YUW)

103 From the HodgeTwins:
The circus has lost the crowd.

BREAKING: DEMOCRATS JOIN REPUBLICANS TO KILL IMPEACHMENT RESOLUTION AGAINST TRUMP

Rep. Al Green tried — again — to impeach President Trump, this time over his airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites.
But the House just voted 344 to 79 to shut it down.

That includes 128 Democrats who joined Republicans to say:
“NO” to another sham impeachment.

Only the usual suspects — like AOC and the Squad — backed it.

So let’s be clear:
Even Democrats are tired of the witch hunts

This wasn’t about law. It was about political theater — and it just got torched.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 25, 2025 06:35 AM (zSKXS)

104 Aw, man!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 25, 2025 06:35 AM (0eaVi)

105
NYC:

"I want to be the one at the helm as this crate augers into the ground!"

* many elbows are thrown *

"No! I want to be the one at the helm as this crate augers into the ground!"

* more elbows are thrown *

"No, I ..."

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 06:36 AM (Tv15w)

106 Wikipedia:

Purolator Inc. is a Canadian courier majority owned by Canada Post. It was founded as Trans Canada Couriers, Ltd and acquired in 1967 by Purolator, a US manufacturer of oil and air filters.[3] In 1987, the company returned to Canadian ownership. Although it retained the Purolator name, it has had no connection with the oil filter business since that time.

Posted by: Great Plains Drifter at June 25, 2025 06:36 AM (oZ//P)

107
Al Green's true calling in life was to have been the guy who refilled the dispenser of aerosolized scent in public restrooms.

That he was elected to Congress says a great deal -- none of it good -- about the discernment powers of his electorate.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 06:39 AM (Tv15w)

108
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2025 06:42 AM (/HVsR)

109 Now it's mainstream.

Gnome did take the post down in the past few hours, at least, hence the archive link.

The final comment under the post with the final line:

“free palestine and happy pride!”

…says it all.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 25, 2025 06:42 AM (6ydKt)

110
Blackberry flavor Dr. Pepper is an abomination.

That is all ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 06:42 AM (Tv15w)

111
The final comment under the post with the final line:

“free palestine and happy pride!”

…says it all.

Go long on drool cups.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 06:43 AM (Tv15w)

112
Is it possible? Is? it? possible? that this impeachment vote signals the Democrats saying, "Hey, maybe we shouldn't cater to every insane grievance group?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2025 06:44 AM (/HVsR)

113 @110 I drink Diet Dr Pepper and accidentally got that Blackberry stuff once . Awful, couldn't get the taste out of my mouth for an hour

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 25, 2025 06:45 AM (pwtJC)

114
I drink Diet Dr Pepper and accidentally got that Blackberry stuff once . Awful, couldn't get the taste out of my mouth for an hour
Posted by: Smell the Glove

My own encounter with it was deliberate: "How bad could it be?"

Pretty damn bad, I learned.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 06:47 AM (Tv15w)

115 Free Palestine with purchase of Palestine of greater or equal value...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 25, 2025 06:47 AM (PiwSw)

116 Al Green's true calling in life was to have been the guy who refilled the dispenser of aerosolized scent in public restrooms.

Al Green could have made a good career of being a 'before' model.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 25, 2025 06:47 AM (ExV1e)

117 The Unihertz Titan 2 does look pretty snazzy.

I don’t know how in the world they’re selling it for $269 or $369, though, with all that’s packed in there.

I was never a Blackberry owner so there’s no nostalgia factor for me over having the physical keyboard like most Crackberry users from 2007.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 25, 2025 06:47 AM (6ydKt)

118 What I want to ask Christians who support a "two-state-solution is "what part of the land God gave the Jews do you want to take away from them?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at June 25, 2025 06:48 AM (PiwSw)

119
Al Green makes Henry Waxman look handsome.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2025 06:48 AM (/HVsR)

120 I read the X11 article but other than the claim of fascists everywhere I don’t know exactly what the authors issue is other than being a lunatic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 25, 2025 06:48 AM (XV/Pl)

121 Mix a little bit of Hammond organ with a good backing section, add the Rev. Al Green (as opposed to the idiotic Congressman Green) and you get ... "Love And Happiness"!

https://tinyurl.com/mwt5snsc

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 25, 2025 06:48 AM (cPejy)

122
Is it possible? Is? it? possible? that this impeachment vote signals the Democrats saying, "Hey, maybe we shouldn't cater to every insane grievance group?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

It is not possible at all. The Dims are going to run in 2026 on the promise, "Return the House to us and we'll do nothing but impeach Trump for two years!"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 06:49 AM (Tv15w)

123 10 The lack of having the expert clearly was the linchpin to SPEX's case and obviously the cause of the reversal on review. And not one mention? Why not?
Posted by: Bill Duck at June 25, 2025 04:44 AM (AN+ve)

This used to be where an editor would come in and tell the reporter they missed that and go back and add that in.

But Editors are on the Near-Extinction List because nobody can afford them anymore.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 25, 2025 06:51 AM (6ydKt)

124 My own encounter with it was deliberate: "How bad could it be?"

Pretty damn bad, I learned.

I hear that!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 25, 2025 06:52 AM (Dg2sF)

125
Went out to put everyone up last night and big Dan was up and walking around. So maybe he just had a problem with the crate and the drive yesterday. He was lying on his bed this morning and I didn't ask him to get up. Nobody out there gets up early in the morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2025 06:53 AM (/HVsR)

126
What I want to ask Christians who support a "two-state-solution is "what part of the land God gave the Jews do you want to take away from them?
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper

Is there anyone who is an out and proud advocate for a "two state solution" for the Israeli - "Palestinian" dispute at this point, other than some policy eunuchs at the State Department and the United Nations?

And do not say, "Why, the crowds protesting in our streets." -- that is to laugh.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 06:54 AM (Tv15w)

127 How far along are they on windows12? This might be a delaying tactic to save customers for the next version.
Posted by: clarence at June 25, 2025 04:57 AM (rjoMn)

Supposedly Windows 12 is due out from “late 2025 to early 2026.”

I wouldn’t count on it, though.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 25, 2025 06:56 AM (6ydKt)

128
Dismal experience teaches what a "Palestinian state" would look like: oppressive, violent, poverty-stricken and hopelessly corrupt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2025 06:58 AM (/HVsR)

129
In other words, Haiti with sand.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2025 06:58 AM (/HVsR)

130
So former Governor Pierced Nipples got out-grifted in the NYC mayoral primary?

Mario the Pious' "family" pals cannot be at all pleased.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 06:59 AM (Tv15w)

131 I drink Diet Dr Pepper and accidentally got that Blackberry stuff once . Awful, couldn't get the taste out of my mouth for an hour

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 25, 2025 06:45 AM (pwtJC)

Coke Zero "Starlight" flavor, which I am convinced was a plot to remind people that the regular flavor is good enough.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 25, 2025 07:00 AM (FExpA)

132 What a twisted world Democrat politicians live in, hoping for American military failure to embarrass Trump.

I don't think it's only Trump. It's a deep seated hatred for this country and any victory is seen as a bad thing. The fact Trump is the CIC makes it worse though.

As for that person at the Pentagon? They need to be named. And if we have to torture a few journalists at some black sites overseas to get that name, I'll chip in for the gas money.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 25, 2025 07:02 AM (BpO1e)

133
Coke Zero "Starlight" flavor, which I am convinced was a plot to remind people that the regular flavor is good enough.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

"New Coke Tastes Better!"

-- spokes-pervert Bill Cosby, back in the day

Uh, sure, Bill. Whatever you say.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 07:03 AM (Tv15w)

134

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 25, 2025 07:05 AM (5hfjS)

135
How 'bout sending the Gazans to Haiti for the "rabid dogs' cage match"?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 07:05 AM (Tv15w)

136
Shrills! How's the mu-mus hangin', darlin'?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 07:06 AM (Tv15w)

137 I tried a Dr Pepper last week from a fast food joint with added vanilla cream in it.

I know it’s not a new thing but it was the first time I tried one.

I really enjoyed the flavor.

I was a Dr Pepper addict as a kid but gave up drinking them on the regular many years ago.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 25, 2025 07:07 AM (6ydKt)

138 And now for something completely different, nyah

Punch Punch Forever! pilot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ndBoc6R8_A

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 25, 2025 07:07 AM (kjZbS)

139 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 25, 2025 07:08 AM (u82oZ)

140
I tried a Dr Pepper last week from a fast food joint with added vanilla cream in it.

I know it’s not a new thing but it was the first time I tried one.

Whataburger has Dr. Pepper milkshakes seasonally. They're quite good.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2025 07:09 AM (/HVsR)

141
So it's between "Kill grandma in the nursing home" and "Death to America" for mayor for the Democrats in New York.

Eric Adams has turned out to be an odd candidate for the racist far right.

Posted by: Auspex at June 25, 2025 07:10 AM (j4U/Z)

142 Hillary Clinton

Run for mayor of NYC. You got a shot.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 25, 2025 07:11 AM (u82oZ)

143 141
So it's between "Kill grandma in the nursing home" and "Death to America" for mayor for the Democrats in New York.

Eric Adams has turned out to be an odd candidate for the racist far right.

Posted by: Auspex at June 25, 2025 07:10 AM (j4U/Z)

Death to America won that...
Now it's him vs Adams vs the actual best person who has zero chance of winning and will likely throw his votes to Adams b/c he is concerned about the state of NY...

Posted by: Nova Local at June 25, 2025 07:12 AM (tOcjL)

144 "New Coke Tastes Better!"

-- spokes-pervert Bill Cosby, back in the day

Uh, sure, Bill. Whatever you say.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! Point&Laugh! at June 25, 2025 07:03 AM (Tv15w)

I remember Cosby more for Jello Pudding Pops ads.

He sold 10 year old me on them.

Ate them for years until I got bored with them.

The Cosby Show was really popular at the time so that helped with the sales.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 25, 2025 07:12 AM (6ydKt)

145 Whataburger has Dr. Pepper milkshakes seasonally. They're quite good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2025 07:09 AM (/HVsR)

I’m probably 1000 miles away from the nearest Whataburger or I’d definitely try one of those.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 25, 2025 07:14 AM (6ydKt)

146 JJ has arrived.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 25, 2025 07:15 AM (6ydKt)

147
So RCV didn't save the Grandma Killer? Or haven't they finished fixing things yet?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 25, 2025 07:15 AM (/HVsR)

148 J.J. is here.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 25, 2025 07:17 AM (u82oZ)

149 Nic Update

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Unconditional Surrender Great Again! at June 25, 2025 10:09 AM (DbVei)

150 Unihertx isn't a Blackberry if it's running in Android.

Posted by: braenyard- Some friends are more equal than others at June 25, 2025 01:37 PM (c35xG)

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